Perhaps something like IPFS would help mitigate this. Popular stuff would be pinned by someone.
I wonder how this compares the the number of businesses that existed in 2013 that no longer exist. I wonder for two reasons:
- Is 38% similar to the typical rate of failure for businesses and other ventures?
- How much of the 38% can be explained by closure of high-risk businesses like restaurants?
Something else that could explain a lot of it is webpages that were always intended to be ephemeral. Political campaign websites for instance.
Also… I once created hellblade.com. We sold gaming computers with cases that changed colour with heat in the UK. Was a total disaster. Now it’s some big game franchise. Wish I’d kept the domain.
always keep the domain
Yeah i often wonder… Would they have changed the name of the game, paid me off, or done something like hellbladegame.com.
remember kids, everything you post on the internet stays forever*
*unless it cannot be monetized anymore
Really? Because I don’t think my dick pic can be monetized
Maybe start a charity and raise money that way?
Welcome to the future of the internet. Good luck trying to find a 2 days old news article on facebook from a big publisher, because you wanted to read the comments.